Can this work with the EMU Proteus VX VST?

Stretch wrote on 2026-03-10, 01:01:

Can this work with the EMU Proteus VX VST?

Isn't it a software VST plugin for Windows ? I don't know much about VST software, but if you can plug your DOS machine into a USB audio interface
and route it into the VST player (or have a standalone VST player), I don't see a problem to have it supported. All I need is a manual and a "device" 😀

Also, Proteus/1 and /2 are in the queue, progress will be made.

Speaking of progress, I added support to Roland GR-09.

It is a guitar synth, and has a lot of really nice sounds, BUT is monotimbral i.e. can only play one instrument at a time.
Not much of gaming can be done on that (even though the tunes remain recognizable)

Instead, I attach a recording of all 128 MIDI instruments playing one after another .

Fun project! My friend tests GM quality by checking, whether the tubular bells sound nice in Grabbag, they sound quite nice on the Yamaha modules you've posted on Youtube.

Uploaded recordings for Raptor: Call of the Shadows, the 1994 game, track "Boss 2".

Here is the playlist for all currently supported devices:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIRIK_co_aw&l … i1KO-cvD26T4P9v

Update: added support to Korg PSS60.

This is a device from 1987, and it comes from its own set of quirks .

Its biggest limit is the assignment of MIDI channels, there are just three monotimbral channels - one for a "bass" program, one for an "accompaniment" program and one for drums.
What it implies that you can't even reliably play two melodic instruments at the same time. This is as low as you can go while it is still worth trying multiplexing General MIDI onto.

Demonstration recordings here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNPX6cND09Q&l … pXmfPCEHx2-fO4R

New pack of recordings, this time it is Rise of the Triad: Dark War (1994), "Adagio for Strings".

YouTube playlist here

One thing to note is that the Casio CSM-1 version is now recorded on *two* modules simultaneously, giving better sound, twice the channels, twice the instruments.

Update:
added support for Roland CM-32P, a module version of Roland U-110 synthesizer, a member of the honored Roland CM family, but probably the least wanted.

This one is an odd creature.

It has generous 64 patches, but the selection is awful. There is several versions of "strings", several versions of "piano" etc., and they sound very much alike in between.

There are no woodwinds such as flute. There is no distorted/overdriven guitar. There is no likes of accordion, banjo or melodic drums. The organs are terrible. There are no synths nor effects. I understand there is an extension ROM card, but the thing has to stand on its own without having to buy one.

But still, the sounds that it has, they are decent, when they fit the bill.

Odd creature I'm telling you.

Playlist here

Update:

added support for Alesis SR-16, a classic drum machine.

It is not a sound module but a programmable drum machine, therefore its sounds are organized around its own interface, buttons and all. It is not supposed to be used programmatically. The way to adapt it to a General MIDI is to take full memory dump, patch it to remap the percussion notes to GM, and then have the patched memory uploaded at initialization. Then it becomes GM-compatible and no further note remapping is needed.

Since it plays only percussions, I will be using it in the future to accompany sound modules that do not have percussions (like Roland CM-32P), but to demonstrate it alone, I attach a fragment of it playing the "El Pam Pam" MIDI track.

targeted wrote on 2026-04-27, 19:02:

Update: added support for Roland CM-32P, a module version of Roland U-110 synthesizer, a member of the honored Roland CM family […]
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Update:
added support for Roland CM-32P, a module version of Roland U-110 synthesizer, a member of the honored Roland CM family, but probably the least wanted.

This one is an odd creature.

It has generous 64 patches, but the selection is awful. There is several versions of "strings", several versions of "piano" etc., and they sound very much alike in between.

There are no woodwinds such as flute. There is no distorted/overdriven guitar. There is no likes of accordion, banjo or melodic drums. The organs are terrible. There are no synths nor effects. I understand there is an extension ROM card, but the thing has to stand on its own without having to buy one.

But still, the sounds that it has, they are decent, when they fit the bill.

Odd creature I'm telling you.

Playlist here

32P was designed to be linked to a 32L/MT32, resulting in the CM64. It's a wonderful setup when used properly, mostly by Sharp X68000 games. The Rock Drum expansion card still sounds wonderful imo. I also have a soft spot for the Electric Guitar card, but it sounds a little cheesy by today's standards.

Fully supporting the CM64 would be a lovely addition to your project.

Also, if you are looking for recommendations, the Yamaha SY22 / TG33 is a fave of mine.

Thank you for correction. CM-64 is in the queue, and my understanding was that CM-64 = MT-32 + CM-32P, quite literally, both in hardware and in logic (channel) separation, so it would make sense to add support for MT-32 first.

TG-33, the one with the joystick, is it ? I wish I had it, it seems to be special indeed.